Belt-buckle.



J. HALLER.

BELT BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.11, 1912.

1',O73,1 1 5. Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

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JOSEPH HALLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BELT-BUCKLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH HALLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Buckles, of whichthe following is a specification.

The buckle which 'is the subject of the present invention is designedmore particularly for use in connection with belts employed forsupporting trousers, and it is the object of the invention to prvoide abuckle of this kind having novel and improved means whereby the frontportion of the trousers is held up and prevented from sagging orprotruding below the belt.

With this object in view, the invention consists in a combination andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a plan Viewof the buckle and a fragment of the belt to which the buckle is applied.Fig. 2 is a View similar to the preceding showing the reverse side. Fig.3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3.3 of Fig. 1. Fig. f is an edgeview showing the mode of attaching the buckle to the trousers.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the buckle comprises spaced sidebars 5 connected at their ends by cross-bars 6 and 7 respectively. Theside bars have an upstanding marginal flange 8 in which is journaled atransverse pin 9 from one side of which, and at a right angle thereto,eX tends a tongue 10. From the opposite side of the pin extends a hook12 having its bill offset from the pin upward and toward the cross-bar7, and extending parallel to said pin and cross-bar, as clearly shown inFig. 2. The bill of the hook lies above the cross-bar 7 and is spacedtherefrom.

The buckle herein described is permanently fastened to one end 13 of thebelt by passing the same around the pin 9 and sewing the end to the mainportion of the belt close to the cross-bar 7, as indicated at 14-. Thelooped portion of the belt lies between the bill of the hook 12 and thecross- Specificatidn of Letters Iatent.

Application filed. September 11, 1912.

Patented Sept. 16,1913.

Serial No. 719,774.

bar 7. The other end of the belt has eye lets 15 and is passed over thecross-bar 6 and into the space between the side bars 5. The tongue 10passes through an aperture in the looped portion of the first mentionedend of the belt and projects therefrom and toward the cross-bar 6, andsaid tongue is adapted to be passed through a selected one of theeyelets15 for securing the belt in adjusted position.

The trousers 16 have the usual hook 17 and eye 18 at the waist-band forclosing the same. When the belt is placed in position around thewaist-band and buckled up, the hook 12 is slipped into the hook 17whereby the belt and trousers are coupled together, and the latter isprevented from sagging or working down below the belt.

A buckle constructed as herein described is devoid of complicated parts,it can be cheaply manufactured, and it effectually serves the purposefor which it is designed.

I claim:

1. A buckle comprising side-bars and cross-bars connecting the same, atransverse pin carried by the side-bars, a penetrating tongue projectingfrom one side of the pin, toward one of the cross-bars, and a hookprojecting from the opposite side of the pin and having its billextending transversely of the buckle and lying above the othercross-bar, the extremity of the bill being spaced from the pin, thetongue and hook being fixed to the transverse pin.

2.1-1 buckle comprising side bars and cross-bars connecting the same, atransverse pin journaled in the side bars, an integral penetratingtongue projecting from one side of the pin toward one of the cross-bars,and an integral hook projecting from the opposite side of the pin andhaving its bill extending transversely of the buckle and lying above theother cross-bar.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH HALLER.

Vitnesses Eosn M. MINNEGEN, H. G. BATCI-IELOR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

